Shawn L. Bird

Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, has just passed away.  In 2005 he told the Stanford graduating class,

‎”Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

“If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

Wise man.  Don’t waste your life doing a job ‘just for the money.’  It’s not worth it if it kills your soul and steals your joy.  Confucius is credited with the aphorism “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.”

I am lucky to love my job.  How about you?  Do you love what you do?  If not, what would you rather be doing?